Dave and Kim were getting married. I honored them by building an Arbor at their request. They got happily married underneath the arbor and I received many compliments on a job well done.

This is my nephew's first Christmas present from me.

My former roommate Matt has a daughter who could not reach the sink  (For some reason my house did not come with a sink low enough for 2 year olds).  Matt was using a cardboard spool of Cat-5 wire for his daughter to stand on so she could wash her hands.  Matt wanted me to make the same thing out of cherry wood.

My friends Julie and Rich had to move away and that was very sad. Very sad indeed. So I made them a going-away present.

I wanted some rear surround sound speaker stands.  Looked in the Crutchfield catalog and saw this design and decided I wanted to gussy it up with the through mortises.  Matt said the middle part was perfect for a CD to fit in there so I made it wide enough to stack CDs in it. Well the through mortises were such a pain (but they look cool don't they?) so I decided to stop at just one speaker stand/CD case.

Being as how I always leave things to the last minute, I was late giving my Aunt her birthday present.  I realized how easy it is to make a cutting board. Just cut some wood strips, glue them back together and send the whole thing through the planer which makes it nice and flat. Wha-La!

This parlor table knocks down and folds flat for easy moving. Originally, it was for X's children so they could sell their crafts on the downtown mall, but X decided it was too nice and kept it out of their reach. See how I made it here on DIY.

UPDATE: Everyone wants the plans to the Molly Brown Leg and they don't seem to be anywhere on the Internet. I'm not the owner of the plan so I might be infringing on a copyright somewhere. So if you know the source please tell me.

Left click for large version then right click to save. Enlarge the pattern so that it is 8" wide and should fit a 8" x 27-7/8" x 3/4" inch wood blank.

Kim is an antique collector and jewelry maker. She found this old table leg for cheap and asked me if I would make a stand for it. She could then drape necklaces over it and sell them on the downtown mall. With all the curves on that leg I wanted something curvy to hold it, so I bought some pre-made Queen Anne's legs. It's put together with dowels so everything pulls apart. Kim has since painted the whole thing all cool like but I don't have a picture yet.

I wanted to build something. Paul wanted some place to store his stereo equipment. The Alanator talked with Paul and made his dreams into a reality. Awww yeah!  The shelves are held up by recessed wooden pegs which you can see in the second picture under the top shelf.  When Paul gets bored of the look, he can just pop out the wooden pegs and move the shelves to a different level. Paul wanted to sand and finish it on his own, so I let him.

Kim also does lots of sewing. She needed a rack to display her clothes on the downtown mall and she wanted it to be collapsible to take back home.  I thought about it and thought about it and finally came up with this design.  The whole thing is held together by friction and all the pieces pull apart. And it is very sturdy to boot!

I used to work at Maxis and we got this plexi-glass sign in the mail from HQ.  We were going to put it up at work but it had nothing attached to stick it to the wall.  I made a frame for it, hung it up and got paid for it! Woo Hoo!

This was one of my first woodworking projects I made. It was originally to house my multiple computer servers, but I haven't gotten around to putting them in there yet. I have since painted it green, but I think it looks better naked. The only thing I didn't make are the doorknobs and hinges.